Marquette resident Keitha Callanan of the Onagomingkway Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution is the chapter’s National Defense Chair. A favorite part of her position is to award various DAR medals to students in both high school and college across the western Upper Peninsula. Callanan is shown above awarding the DAR Bronze Outstanding Cadet Medal to Cadet Skye Bragagnini, the new Battalion Commander for the North Star Battalion in Calumet. Below, in Ishpeming, Cadet Justin Smith of the Sea Cadet program receives the Outstanding Cadet medal while his leader, LTJG Joel Ampe looks on.